One Hive Foundation is a private foundation that aims to promote pollinator health and ecologically responsible agriculture. As someone who cares deeply about the environment and the impact of human actions on our planet, I am excited to be helping this organization that is actively working...
Celebrating 50 years in the beekeeping industry, Mike Palmer, a famous beekeeper in Vermont State, walked through his apiary with Dr. Humberto Boncristiani for an interview on the InsideTheHive.tv podcast. The two discussed the changes in the beekeeping industry over the last 50 years, including...
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BREAKING NEWS! Neonicotinoids banned in New York State The New York State Legislature has passed the Birds and Bees Protection Act, which limits the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, commonly referred to as neonics. This bill is the first...
The use of synthetic chemicals to reduce crop losses from pests is a common practice in the agricultural industry. However, these chemicals can also be hazardous to honey bees, which are crucial in pollinating several crops, including blueberries, a billion-dollar industry. In a recent video by...
This post references our new preprint posted to SSRN: Palmer-Young EC, Markowitz LM, Grubbs K, Zhang Y, Corona M, Schwarz R, et al. Antiparasitic Effects of Three Floral Volatiles on Trypanosomatid Infection in Honey Bees. 2022. SSRN preprint: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4109839
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This post references our new article in Environmental Microbiology: Palmer-Young EC, Schwarz RS, Chen Y, Evans JD. 2022.Punch in the gut: Parasite tolerance of phytochemicals reflects host diet. Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15981 (...
This post references our new article in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Hot and sour: parasite adaptations to honey bee body temperature and pH (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1517).
You can find the preprint on Biorxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.03.447385) and a video summary...
Dr, Evan Palmer-Young, October 28, 2021
This post references our Biorxiv preprint on sunflowers, honey bees, and Varroa mites:
Mites alight! Sunflower crop area and pollen supplementation enhance honey bee resistance to Varroa destructor
Evan...
Dr. Sean Leonard
Dr. Sean Leonard is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies honey bees and their gut bacteria. He completed his Ph.D. thesis in 2020, "Engineering the gut microbiome of honey bees," under the co-supervision of Dr. Nancy Moran...